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Features the Duke family's mid 1800s home, tobacco barns and cigarette factory.
Duke Homestead State Historic Site is a state historic site and National Historic Landmark in Durham, North Carolina. The site belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural resources and commemorates the place where Washington Duke founded the nation's largest early-20th-century tobacco firm, the American Tobacco Company.
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Spend a day with kids exploring interactive exhibits at this museum. Space vehicles, farm animals, playground, drum area, physics display, maps and globes, butterfly house, bugs, and now with bears and lemurs.
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
One of the premier public gardens in the U.S., and with more than 5 mi of walkways and paths. Beautiful flowers in the spring.
One of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the United States, Duke University possesses beautiful Gothic architecture. Duke is sometimes referred to as either the "Harvard" or the "Yale" of the South.
The museum features world-class classical to contemporary works and has hosted some major names in art. Don't miss the giant face-mask.
A city park adjacent to Eno River State Park. West Point has an old-fashioned corn mill that still sells fresh cornmeal.